Fiscal federalism in Turkey

Umut tuna Oral

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Local governments are considered one of the cornerstones of public administration, and their inclusion within the national administration requires them to work in harmony with the central government. While local governments are providing these services, it is important to have the decision-making authority and the capacity to implement these decisions. This ensures the smooth execution of the duties and powers delegated by the central government to local governments. In this thesis, the level of Turkey’s fiscal federalism is examined. It is seen that structural and functional regulations have been made in local governments in Turkey since the 1980s, and localization efforts have aimed to create a more effective and fair public administration. Since 2003, many legal regulations have been made to increase financial decentralization, especially within the framework of the European Union harmonization process. From the measurement results made in this thesis covering the years 2006-2022, it was seen that there was an increase in all fiscal decentralization criteria from 2006 to 2018. However, after the constitutional amendment in 2018, it was observed that there was a weakening in fiscal decentralization and a decrease in these indicators.

Keywords

Turkey, Fiscal Federalism, Local Government

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 3. 2024

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Čermák, Ph.D.
• Reader: Jiří Kchimel, externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme:
Economics and Management